Stars of the beloved US sitcom The Office, Mindy Kaling, Ellie Kemper, Jenna Fischer, and Angela Kinsey, reunited at the Actor Awards, offering a candid and humorous look back at gruelling early 2000s television production.
The quartet, who portrayed employees of Dunder Mifflin in the hit series, shared their experiences on stage. Kaling quipped, 'We are women who survived 22-episode seasons.' Kemper added, 'You didn’t plan a season around a pregnancy,' with Kaling continuing, 'Yeah, you gave birth on camera and then named the baby after a grip.'
Fischer recalled the relentless schedule: 'It meant Christmas episodes and Valentine's episodes and Super Bowl episodes,' before Kaling interjected, 'And sometimes filler episodes that were kind of bad.' Kemper, however, saw the silver lining: 'But it didn’t matter because there was always another one right around the corner.'
Angela Kinsey, who co-hosts the popular Office Ladies rewatch podcast with Fischer, noted, 'We turned our experience into a podcast because people love behind the scenes stories.' Kaling, also a writer on the show, then playfully asked, 'Should I do a podcast about writing?' to which Kemper humorously retorted, 'Oh Mindy, no-one cares about writers.'
The group later presented the award for outstanding ensemble in a comedy series to The Studio.
